Alagaddūpama Sutta
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Alagaddūpama Sutta (MN 22; "Simile of the Snake Sutta" or "Water-Snake Simile Suttra") is a text from the Majjhima Nikaya of the Pali Canon. A Sarvastivada recension is included in the Madhyama Agama of the Chinese Canon.[1]
Thanisarro Bhikkhu states:
- This is a discourse about clinging to views (diṭṭhi). Its central message is conveyed in two similes, among the most famous in the Canon: the simile of the water-snake and the simile of the raft. Taken together, these similes focus on the skill needed to grasp right view properly as a means of leading to the cessation of suffering, rather than an object of clinging, and then letting it go when it has done its job.[2]
Translations
- Simile of the Snake Sutta, translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
- Water-Snake Simile Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
References
- ↑
Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Alagaddūpamasutta
- ↑ Water-Snake Simile Sutta, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University